Barber Conable quotes
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“Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor.”
-- Barber ConableSource : Barber B. Conable (1991). “The Conable years at the World Bank: major policy addresses of Barber B. Conable, 1986-91”
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“Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.”
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“Good environmentalism is good economics”
-- Barber ConableSource : Barber B. Conable (1991). “The Conable years at the World Bank: major policy addresses of Barber B. Conable, 1986-91”
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“Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.”
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“I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.”
-- Barber Conable
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“All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.”
Source : "The Educated Citizen". Address at Princeton University, March 22, 1954.
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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2010). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, p.11, Harper Collins
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“Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.”
Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
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“Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income.”
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